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That’s looking a at max and minima. Look at max monthly or yearly temperatures and you’ll see the trend that was mentioned. By looking at monthly and yearly t

by syops 5y ago

That’s looking a at max and minima. Look at max monthly or yearly temperatures and you’ll see the trend that was mentioned. By looking at monthly and yearly temperature trends you are less likely to be swayed by one off outlier events.

bequanna 5y ago
Global Warming. Wait, no, Global Cooling! Actually guys, it's "Climate Change". And now the latest hotness (pun intended) is an increase in "extreme" weather events. Why does the alarmist metric always seem to be changing to something that is more difficult to actually measure?
- SamoyedFurFluff 5y ago
  I feel like climate change and increase in extreme weather events are the same thing though. I’ve been familiar with this term for decades. It’s not new.
  - bequanna 5y ago
    Or perhaps they simply latch onto metrics that lend themselves well to confirmation bias. And the more scary and unpredictable this all seems, the more political will is generated for unbridled and unquestioned spending. I believe something quite similar to this happened about ~20 years ago: Scared populace, constantly shifting threats/objectives, incredible amounts of money unproductively spent chasing shadows.
- nerdponx 5y ago
  It's not more difficult to measure. The measurements exist and the data is publicly available. If we didn't have data on it, nobody would have even got the idea in the first place.
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- syops 5y ago
  Climate change is what right wing pundits started saying in the 90s instead of saying global warming. It was an attempt to obfuscate things. Words and phrasing of things change over time. It’s not the words used that matter; it’s the data. The trend line is clear. The increase in co2 is undeniable. The melting of ice is undeniable.
- lm28469 5y ago
  Almost as if earth's eco system was very complex, barely understood and very hard to predict. That really makes you think....
fallingknife 5y ago
Well yeah that's actually the right way to do it.

by syops 5y ago

bequanna 5y ago

Global Warming. Wait, no, Global Cooling! Actually guys, it's "Climate Change". And now the latest hotness (pun intended) is an increase in "extreme" weather events. Why does the alarmist metric always seem to be changing to something that is more difficult to actually measure?

SamoyedFurFluff 5y ago
I feel like climate change and increase in extreme weather events are the same thing though. I’ve been familiar with this term for decades. It’s not new.
- bequanna 5y ago
  Or perhaps they simply latch onto metrics that lend themselves well to confirmation bias. And the more scary and unpredictable this all seems, the more political will is generated for unbridled and unquestioned spending. I believe something quite similar to this happened about ~20 years ago: Scared populace, constantly shifting threats/objectives, incredible amounts of money unproductively spent chasing shadows.
nerdponx 5y ago
It's not more difficult to measure. The measurements exist and the data is publicly available. If we didn't have data on it, nobody would have even got the idea in the first place.
- deleted 5y ago
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syops 5y ago
Climate change is what right wing pundits started saying in the 90s instead of saying global warming. It was an attempt to obfuscate things. Words and phrasing of things change over time. It’s not the words used that matter; it’s the data. The trend line is clear. The increase in co2 is undeniable. The melting of ice is undeniable.
lm28469 5y ago
Almost as if earth's eco system was very complex, barely understood and very hard to predict. That really makes you think....

fallingknife 5y ago

Well yeah that's actually the right way to do it.